HB0642 • 2026

Electric Companies - Service Outages and Rate Increases - Report on Customer Impact

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Delegates J. Long , Allen , Alston , Amprey , Behler , Ivey , Kaufman , Palakovich Carr , and Woods
Last action: 2026-02-02
Official status: In the House - Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
Effective date: 2026-10-01

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Electric Companies - Service Outages and Rate Increases - Report on Customer Impact

Requiring each electric company to report to the Public Service Commission, on or before April 1 each year, geographic and demographic data on all customers impacted by certain service outages and rate increases within the immediately preceding year.

What This Bill Does

Requiring each electric company to report to the Public Service Commission, on or before April 1 each year, geographic and demographic data on all customers impacted by certain service outages and rate increases within the immediately preceding year.

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Bill History

2026-02-02 House
Hearing 2/17 at 1:00 p.m.
2026-01-30 House
First Reading Environment and Transportation
Maryland General Assembly
Text - First - Electric Companies - Service Outages and Rate Increases - Report on Customer Impact

Official Summary Text

Requiring each electric company to report to the Public Service Commission, on or before April 1 each year, geographic and demographic data on all customers impacted by certain service outages and rate increases within the immediately preceding year.

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*hb0642*

HOUSE BILL 642
C5 6lr2337

By: Delegates J. Long, Allen, Alston, Amprey, Behler, Ivey, Kaufman,
Palakovich Carr, and Woods
Introduced and read first time: January 30, 2026
Assigned to: Environment and Transportation

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ACT concerning 1

Electric Companies – Service Outages and Rate Increases – Report on Customer 2
Impact 3

FOR the purpose of requiring each electric company to report to the Public Service 4
Commission, on or before a certain date each year, geographic and demographic data 5
on all customers impacted by certain service outages and rate increase s for the 6
immediately preceding year; and generally relating to electric companies. 7

BY adding to 8
Article – Public Utilities 9
Section 7–108.1 10
Annotated Code of Maryland 11
(2025 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) 12

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14

Article – Public Utilities 15

7–108.1. 16

ON OR BEFORE APRIL 1 EACH YEAR , EACH ELECTRIC COMPAN Y SHALL 17
REPORT TO THE COMMISSION THE FOLLOWING INFORM ATION FOR THE 18
IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING YEAR: 19

(1) GEOGRAPHIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ON ALL CUSTOMERS 20
IMPACTED BY: 21

(I) A SERVICE OUTAGE LASTING 2 HOURS OR LONGER; 22
2 HOUSE BILL 642

(II) A SERVICE OUTAGE FOR SCHEDULED MAINTE NANCE, 1
REGARDLESS OF THE DURATION; AND 2

(III) EACH SERVICE OUTAGE , REGARDLESS OF DURATI ON, 3
OCCURRING DURING AN INCLEMENT WEATHER EVENT, INCLUDING THE AMOUNT OF 4
TIME UNTIL SERVICE WAS RESTORED; AND 5

(2) GEOGRAPHIC AND DEMOG RAPHIC DATA ON ALL CUSTOMERS 6
IMPACTED BY A RATE INCREASE. 7

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect 8
October 1, 2026. 9